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, Jordan Eberle is offering odds of 125:1 that they win the Stanley Cup. In other words, there isn-t much faith that the 30th place team from last season will do anything other than repeat the same fate. And, you know what, I don-t care. There are two reasons why I don-t care and why you shouldn-t either, and I-d like to share them with you:1) Predictions of a high finish create expectations, exp football manager ectations create pressure and pressure is something you don-t want around a young team. I would love nothing more than 50 goals from Taylor Hall, 12 game winners from Jordan Eberle, all culminating with a Stanley Cup Parade that finishes at the site of the new downtown arena that we-re done fighting over.But, it-s pretty unlikely that I-m going to get any of that. And that-s OK. You name me any ho football manager ckey player whose name is worth repeating in the annals of history and I-ll name you a hockey player whose best season wasn-t his first one. Taylor Hall told me recently that every year since he was a kid, he has set goals for himself in terms of accumulation of points. He says he-ll do that this year, too, but not until about 10 games in. Why? Because he doesn-t know what to expect. We know so mu football manager ch about these 3 young players already, we-ve followed them for so long, that we forget that they haven-t played an NHL game. It will likely take some time to settle in, get comfortable and eventually start to get rolling. The less pressure we put on them to do it immediately, the better. 2) Wins and losses aren-t the most important thing when judging the success or failure of the 2010-11 Edmonton football manager Oilers. If the young players get a healthy dose of ice time and take steps forward in their development, the season can-t fail. We all know going in that this -rebuild- has really just started. The team has a few pieces of the puzzle on its current roster, a few more on the way and undoubtedly needs to add more in the coming years. That being said, here are the scenarios that the team could find football manager themselves in from a win> Oilers compete for, but miss, the playoffs. Less than ideal from a draft pick scenario, I-d still be OK with this result because the battle for a spot would give the players a sniff of the prize, a sense of what it will take to qualify and some of that aforementioned -big game- experience.Any of those outcomes is truly fine with me, so long as my one caveat from earlie football manager r is met: the young kids have to play. And, I-m not just talking about Hall, Eberle and Paajarvi. Throw Gagner, Cogliano, Smid, and whichever of the young goalies makes the team onto that list as well. If you-re 25 or under and you-re on the 2010-11 Oilers roster, get ready for some minutes! Dan Tencer is the host of Inside Sports, heard Monday to Friday from 6pm-9pm on 630 CHED. He also hosts the football manager pre-game and post-game shows on 630 CHED and the Oilers Radio Network. football manager
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